Geo. I. not of the fchifmatical church, whofe bishops fet themselves 1716. up in oppofition to those orthodox fathers, who were unlawfully and invalidly deprived by the prince of Orange. I declare, fays he, that I renounce that communion, and that I die a dutiful and faithful member of the nonjuring church, which has kept itfelf free from rebellion and fchifm, and has preferved and maintained true orthodox principles, both as to Church and ftate.' Yet this fame man, in a petition to the lord chief-juftice King, after fentence, had declared, That thro' the grace of God, he had a deep infight into, and a lively fense of his crimes; which he did now at laft deteft and abhor, from the bottom of his foul, and begged pardon of God, and king George, and his native country, against all which he had highly offended, and did now fincerely repent, and declare his unfeigned forrow, in having been inftrumental towards encouraging and promoting the fame.' Scotland. And, in a petition to the king,He humbly begged leave, in all forrow of heart, to acknowledge his great and heinous offence, and did, from the bottom of his heart, afk par'don of God, his moft facred majefty, and the Church and nation. Cadogan re- General Cadogan, whom the duke of Argyle had left in turns from Scotland, had now extinguished all remains of the rebellion, both by fecuring the chiefs, and difarming their dependants. About the middle of April, the marquis of Huntley, eldest for of the duke of Gordon, the lord Rollo, Sir Thomas Calder, and the laird of Tannaelue, were brought from the north of Scotland to Edinburgh, and committed to the castle, 'Glengary, a famous leader of the rebels, furrendered himself fo the duke of Athol, which inclined many of the Highlanders to fubmit, as did the greateft part of the earl of Seaforth's vaffals; and all the clans, except thofe of the western ifles, being reduced, two detachments, one of fix hundred, the other of three hundred men, were sent to those islès, under the command of colonel Clayton, and lieutenant-colonel Cholmondley, upon which all the rebels in the ifle of Skie fubmitted to mercy. The rebels in the other islands following their example, general Cadogan returned to Edinburgh, and from thence to London, where he arrived the 18th of May, having left the command of the forces in Scotland with general Sabine, and ordered the Dutch troops to march back into England, where they embarked for Holland, after having received, both officers and foldiers, marks of the king's bounty for their good fervices. A cours A court-martial fitting at Edinburgh, made an order for Geo. L the following Scots officers, who had deferted from the Dutch 1716. service to the pretender, to be hanged in effigy at the marketcross, in the Cannon-Gate, Edinburgh, and their names to Scots officers hanged in be infcribed round the gallows (c). Congratulatory addreffes were prefented to the king from the city of London, and moft of the communities in the kingdom, upon the intire fuppreffion of the rebellion; and the 7th of June was appointed to be kept as a day of thanksgiving. On the 3d of May, Mr. Harvey, of Combe, who had been in the mellenger's hands fince he ftabbed himself, was examined before a committee of the council, and fent to Newgate. About a week after, Mr. Thomas Harley, who had been formerly committed to the Gatehoufe, by order of the house of commons, for his prevaricating answers, to queftions that were put to him concerning his negotiations abroad, and was fuppofed to have been ftill a prifoner, was found in a houfe in St. Martin's-lane, by meffengers who were fearching for fome of the rebels that had lately escaped out of Newgate. Mr. Harley had a great parcel of papers before him, which were seized, and himself committed to the Gatehouse. effigy. The king, ftrengthened by his late treaty with Spain, and The king by that which he was now certain of concluding with the refolves to duke of Orleans, and fecure of having fo faithful a parlia- go abroad. ment for five years more, thought he should run no risk in vifiting his German dominions this fummer, where affairs of fecrecy and importance required his prefence. But it being provided, by the act for the further limitation of the crown, &c. that no perfon, who should thereafter come to the poffeffion of the crown, fhould go out of the dominions of England, Scotland, or Ireland, without confent of parliament:' The court was fome time in fufpence, which way to get over that reftriction. The afking the parliament's confent by a meffage, or otherwife, being thought too derogatory to the royal prerogative, and fome leading members of the house (c) Thefe were: Captain John Hepburne, enfign Patrick Smith, enfign Williams, Calderwood, of Douglafs's regi ment, lieutenant Fleming, enfign Chalmers, and enfign Carfe, of Lauder's; enfign William Creighton, of Murray's; lieu- Geo. I. of commons being made fenfible of it, Sir John Cope moved 1716. for repealing this reftriction; which being agreed to, a bill paffed both houses for that purpose (d). The parlia When the king came to the house of peers to pafs this, ment is pro- and many other bills, and to put an end to the feffion, the rogued, following fpeech was by his order delivered to both houses by the lord chancellor. June 26. Pr. H. C. The king's co fpeech. 66 "My lords and gentlemen, I "liament. Cannot put an end to this feffion, without expreffing to you my fatisfaction in the proceedings of this parThe wholesome and neceffary laws, which "have been paffed with so much steadinefs, refolution, and "unanimity, will, I truft in God, anfwer thofe good ends, which, it is evident, you have had in view, by defeating "the defigns, and reducing the spirit of our enemies, by encouraging our friends, and raifing the credit and reputation of the nation abroad to fuch a degree, as that I may reasonably expect the fruits of a settled government; efpe"cially being fupported by a parliament, zealous for the profperity of their country, and the Proteftant intereft of Europe. "I am confident, my conduct hitherto in fuppreffing the "rebellion, and punifhing thofe concerned in it, has been "fuch, as demonftrates, that I defire rather to leffen their numbers by reclaiming them, than by making examples; but I am forry to find, that the numerous inftances of mercy, which I have fhewn, have had no other effect, than to encourage the faction of the pretender to renew their infults (d) Before the king went abroad, he made the following creations and promotions: Thomas, lord Coningsby, of the kingdom of Ireland, baron Coningby, of Coningsby, in the county of Lincoln; Sir Richard Onflow, baron Onflow, of Onflow, in the county of Salop; Thomas Newport, baron of Torrington, in the county of Devon; William Cadogan, baron of Reading, in the county of Berks; and Sir Robert Marfham, baron of Romney, in the County of Kent; viscount Caftle ton in Ireland, viscount Castleton in England; Sir Henry St. John, vifcount St. John; George. lord Newburg, of Ireland, lord Newburg, of Anglesey, in Wales; Mr. Edgecombe was made one of the lords of the treafury; Mr. Methuen, one of his majefty's principal fecretaries of ftate; and Mr. Hampden, one of the tellers of the exchequer. Mr. baron Bury was declared lord chief-baron of the exchequer, in the room of Sir Samuel Dodd. ແ upon ** upon my authority, and the laws of the kingdom, and " even to affect, with the greatest infolence, to diftinguish "themselves from my good and faithful fubjects, acting "with fuch folly and madness, as if they intended to con"vince the world, that they are not to be reduced to quiet "and fubmiffion to my government, by fuch gentle methods, "as are most agreeable to my own inclinations. "Gentlemen of the house of commons, "I return you in particular my thanks for the supplies "you have given; which, although they fall fhort of the "fums you found neceffary, and have voted for the service "of the whole year; yet, by the encouragement you have "given to make them effectual, may, I hope, be fo mana"ged, as to carry on the current service till another feffion "of parliament. "My Lords and gentlemen, "I am very fenfible, there are matters of great confe"quence ftill depending before you; but, as they have hi"therto been poftponed out of abfolute neceffity, by inter"vening affairs of a more preffing nature, and of the most "immediate concern to the peace and safety of the nation, "I thought the feafon of the year required, I should defer "your further proceedings till the next feffion, rather than "you fhould be detained out of your refpective counties longer than could be confiftent with your private con «cerns. "I cannot doubt but that, during this recefs, you will use "all your best endeavours to preserve the peace of the king"dom, and to discourage and fupprefs all manner of difor"ders, fince, as the firft fcene of the late rebellion was "opened and ufhered in by tumults and riots, fo you may ❝be affured, upon what pretence foever they are raised, they 86 can have no other tendency, but to fupport a fpirit of "faction, restless and unwearied in their endeavours to re"new the rebellion, and to fubyert the religion, laws, and "liberties of their country. "I defign to make use of the approaching recess, to visit "my dominions in Germany, and to provide for the peace "and fecurity of the kingdom during my abfence, by conftituting my beloved fon, the prince of Wales, guardian of the realm, and my lieutenant within the fame." After Geo. I. 1716. Geo. I After this fpeech, the parliament was prorogued to the 1716. 7th of August. Thus ended this long feffion of the firft British parliament •Addifon's called by king George. This parliament *, by the excelFreeholders lency and seasonableness of the laws, made by them, recovered their country, in a great measure, out of its confufions, and provided for its future peace and happiness, under the prefent establishment. Their unanimous and regular proceedings; the abfolute neceffity of fome acts, which were paffed, and their difinclination to extend them any longer than that neceffity required; their manifest averfion to enter upon fchemes, which the enemies of the nation had infinuated to have been their defign; together with that temper fo fuitable to the dignity of fuch an affembly, at a juncture, when it might have been expected, that very unufual heats would have arisen in an house of commons fo zealous for their king and country, were fufficient to quiet thofe groundless jealoufies and fufpicions, which had been induftrioufly propagated by the ill-wishers to our conftitution. Riots, The king had but too juft caufe to complain of the fresh infults of the difaffected, notwithstanding the many inftances of his clemency. For on the 29th of May (king Charles's reftoration) the Jacobite and Tory factions had distinguished themselves by wearing oaken boughs, and on the roth of June, the pretender's birth-day, by wearing white roses. But the fpirit of difaffection fhewed itself no where more openly than at Oxford. On the 28th of May the king's birth-day, all the windows that were illuminated there, were broken to pieces, as were all the windows that were not illuminated the next day, being the anniversary of the restora tion (e). To prevent the ill effects of this difaffection, foldiers were quartered there, who, as they were chearfully and peaceably celebrating the prince of Wales's birth-day, were infulted by both the scholars and townfmen. Stones were thrown into the windows of the Star-Inn, where the officers (e) At the next affizes, among others, Wood, manciple of Baliol, and Mr. Stirling of the fame college, were tried for curfing the king: But Stirling was acquitted. Mr. Frank Nicholls, a commoner of Exeter collage, about fifteen years of age, was tried for crying out, • Ormond for ever;' and fined and imprifoned for the fame. The Political State for July 1716, fays, that he was tried for curling the king and government: But it is a mistake, for he was tried only for the fact above-mentioned, as appears by the record, and |